Friday, June 3, 2011

A Book I Can Relate To

First of all, you have to love a book where the main character is named Farmer McPeepers and he looks like that. I love wrinkly old people!

If you can't tell, Farmer McPeepers is blind as a bat. And his milk cows know it. So they steal his glasses and have a grand old time. Farmer McPeepers searches and searches but he just can't seem to find them.

I understand. I have a clarity range of about 10 inches without my glasses. Thank goodness I don't own any milk cows. And hopefully my kids won't discover the problem too soon!

I loved the illustrations in this book. They are bright and fun and each page contains one cow delightfully sporting Farmer McPeeper's glasses. My 3-year old loves the story (she really loves animals) and loved searching each page for the Farmer's glasses. I may have to get some I Spy or Where's Waldo books next. Do those even exist still?

I don't know what it is about farm animals pulling the wool over their farmer's eyes (haha), but they sure do make for a moo-velous read!!

What is this?

Even though I am now a stay-at-home mom, I can't stop reading, writing, and lesson planning! My brain was permanently wired from years of teaching middle and high school history and English. I continue to be inspired by literature and want to talk about it with others. Every now and then, I have a lightbulb worth sharing -- and sometimes it's a lemonade disaster!